The following is an essay about the science fiction films Idaho Transfer and THX 1138, two similar films that I viewed in a college film class. I don’t know what to think after Idaho Transfer. Did they plan that ending? It honestly felt like they’d just painted themselves into a corner and had to stick a crazy sci-fi …

Faith is the key to every good thing that comes from God. The Lectures on Faith describe it as the "foundation of all righteousness", and the "first principle in revealed religion". (Lecture 1:1) We all know how important it is. How do we develop it? What are the actual step by step instructions to getting …

Musicians love directing movies. It’s an immutable truth. It seems as if every artist working at the peak of their abilities just can’t help but let that creative vigor cross-pollinate to other artforms, leaking into fashion, furniture design, business, cinema, and anything else that could make lots of money and a dope artistic statement to …

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iGuA39dHpX8&feature=youtu.be Overall response (2-3 paragraphs): Write an overall response to your film in 2-3 paragraphs: Were you successful at achieving what you set out to achieve? What are you proud of? What would you do differently if you could remake this piece? What did you learn? I wanted to focus purely on directing this time …

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2eGZkr53nxk Overall response (2-3 paragraphs): Write an overall response to your film in 2-3 paragraphs: Were you successful at achieving what you set out to achieve? What are you proud of? What would you do differently if you could remake this piece? What did you learn? I was happy to make this film and felt …

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0XJyOhz3rSg Director's Reflection Overall response (2-3 paragraphs): Write an overall response to your film in 2-3 paragraphs: Were you successful at achieving what you set out to achieve? What are you proud of? What would you do differently if you could remake this piece? What did you learn? I think the film turned out okay. …

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GWFzsHKUQpI Director's Plan What is the overall story—the beginning, middle, and end—of this event? In filming a ride-along with an officer, anything could happen – the beginning will likely be us in the car, the middle I will follow the officer out of the car, the end will be the conclusion of whatever altercation happens. …

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QE90WdQRTW0 What film or TV show is this from? Solaris (1972) – Andrei Tarkovsky Do you have the actual script of the film—not a transcript? No, but Jeff and I discussed the possibility of my writing an English version of the script. There does exist an official translation, but the book it appears in is …

Photo 1 Luis belting out a song at his band's show. I framed him with the mic stand and the neck of his band-mate's guitar, and blackened everything with heavy contrast to give the whole thing a really slick feel. The diagonals give the image a feeling of movement and of chaos. Black, like this, is …